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| Adebayo, ALTON President |
Speaking at a
press briefing recently, Engr. Adebayo said some states are being hostile to
operators in spite of the recent natural and man-made disaster that has
befallen some part of the nation, with
operators losing billions of naira.
operators losing billions of naira.
Engr. Adebayo
commiserated with subscribers over the poor quality of service which he
attributed to bombing of cell sites in the north and the recent flood in some
states, added that telecom operators are
losing cell sites to flood, terrorist attacks, and government departments and agencies.
losing cell sites to flood, terrorist attacks, and government departments and agencies.
He also said
some cell sites are being closed down by state governments in the name of
non-payment of tariff whose fee they skyrocketed every time.
The closure of
sites, he said contributes greatly to the poor quality of service as the closed
cell sites in some cases are support sites which is serving other sites.
Should the
supporting site go off, he noted that the supporting sites would not function
effectively.
He affirmed that
government officials in some cases do jump over the fence of cell sites to
unplug batteries or disconnect cables.
“Our members are
uncomfortable due to taxes and levies against them,” he said, imploring government
to address the issue as soon as possible by declaring telecommunication
infrastructure as critical national infrastructure assuring subscribers that
operators would do everything possible to provide good quality of service.
“We can’t build
our own security, we can’t,” Engr. Adebayo said emphasizing that government needs
to provide an enabling environment to telecom operator to thrive.
He concluded
that rate would be charge according to operating environment that subscribers
in hostile states would be paying higher than subscribers in states that are
friendlier to subscribers.
Yinka Awosanya
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